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Geographic map of Cambodia Cambodia Kingdom of Cambodia , is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula . It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline along the Gulf of Thailand in the southwest. It spans an area of 181,035 square kilometres (69,898 square miles ), dominated by a low-lying plain and the confluence of the Mekong river and Tonlé Sap , Southeast Asia's largest lake. It is dominated by a tropical climate and is rich in wildlife and biodiversity. Cambodia has a population of about 17 million people, the majority of which are ethnically Khmer . Its capital and most populous city is Phnom Penh , followed by Siem Reap and Battambang .
In 802 AD, Jayavarman II declared himself king, uniting the warring Khmer princes of Chenla under the name "Kambuja". This marked the beginning of the Khmer Empire . The Indianised kingdom facilitated the spread of first Hinduism and then Buddhism to Southeast Asia and undertook religious infrastructural projects throughout the region, the most famous of which is Angkor Wat . In the 15th century, it began a decline in power until, in 1863, Cambodia became a French protectorate . Following Japanese occupation during World War II , Cambodia declared independence from France in 1953. The Vietnam War embroiled the country in civil war during the 1960s, culminating in a 1970 coup which installed the US-aligned Khmer Republic and the takeover of the communist Khmer Rouge in 1975 . The Khmer Rouge ruled the country and carried out the Cambodian genocide from 1975 until 1979, until they were ousted during the Cambodian–Vietnamese War . Peace was restored by the 1991 Paris Peace Accords and subsequent United Nations peacekeeping mission , establishing a new constitution, holding the 1993 general election , and ending long-term insurgencies . The 1997 coup d'état consolidated power under Prime Minister Hun Sen and the Cambodian People's Party (CPP). (Full article...
Norodom Ranariddh Khmer : នរោត្តម រណឫទ្ធិ ; 2 January 1944 – 28 November 2021, UNGEGN : Nôroŭttâm Rôṇârœ̆ddhĭ ALA-LC : Narottam Raṇaṛddhi [nɔroːɗɑm rĕəʔnaʔrɨt] Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia and a half-brother of King Norodom Sihamoni . Ranariddh was the president of FUNCINPEC , a Cambodian royalist party. He was also the first Prime Minister of Cambodia following the restoration of the monarchy , serving between 1993 and 1997, and subsequently as the President of the National Assembly between 1998 and 2006.
Ranariddh was a graduate of the University of Provence and started his career as a law researcher and lecturer in France. In 1983, he joined FUNCINPEC and in 1986 became the chief of staff and commander-in-chief of Armée nationale sihanoukiste . Ranariddh became Secretary-General of FUNCINPEC in 1989, and its president in 1992. When FUNCINPEC won the 1993 Cambodian general election , it formed a coalition government with the Cambodian People's Party (CPP), which was jointly headed by two concurrently serving prime ministers. Ranariddh became the First Prime Minister of Cambodia while Hun Sen , who was from the CPP, became the Second Prime Minister. As the First Prime Minister, Ranariddh promoted business interests in Cambodia to leaders from regional countries and established the Cambodian Development Council (CDC). (Full article...
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Image 1 A fishing hut on the
Tonle Sap (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 2 Unauthorized
sand mining at the Tatai River in the Koh Kong Conservation Corridor, Cambodia 2012 (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 3 Tatai River, draining the southern slopes of the
Cardamom Mountains (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 4 Rice fields in Takeo Province (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 6 Mountain panorama view in
Mondulkiri Province , north-eastern Cambodia, November 2012 (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 8 A map of rainfall regimes in Cambodia, source:
DANIDA (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 9 Archaeologists examine prehistoric
cave paintings in
Pursat province (from
Early history of Cambodia )
Image 10 A map of forests, vegetation and
land use in Cambodia (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 11 Amok Trey , Cambodia’s national dish (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 12 Map of South-east Asia c. 900 CE, showing the
Khmer Empire in red,
Champa in yellow and
Haripunjaya in light green, plus additional surrounding states (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 14 A farm in Kampot province (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 15 Flag of
Cambodia pre-1864 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 16 The territories of Eastern Wu (in green), 262 CE (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 17 Coronation of
Norodom Sihanouk in 1941 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 18 Roman trade with India according to the
Periplus Maris Erythraei , 1st century CE (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 19 Traditional Khmer music performance (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 20 Worldwide zones of Tropical savanna climate (Aw). (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 21 Nang Sbek Thom figure plate. (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 22 Rooms of the
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum contain thousands of photos taken by the Khmer Rouge of their victims. (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 23 Win-Win Memorial , dedicated to the ending of the Cambodian Civil War in 1998 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 24 An aerial view of bomb craters in Cambodia (2014) (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 25 Moonlight pavilion in
Phnom Penh (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 26 A welcoming ceremony for Sihanouk in China, 1956 (from
Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970) )
Image 27 Archers mounted on
war elephants , stone relief at the
Bayon (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 28 The mainland of Southeast Asia at the end of the 13th century (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 30 The volume of
Tonle Sap Lake over the course of one year
Image 33 Portrait statue of
Jayavarman VII (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 34 Floating homes on the Mekong (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 35 Emblem of the
Salvation Front at the former head office in
Phnom Penh (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 38 Choeung Ek Monument contains more than 5,000 human skulls. (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 39 1780 map of Cambodia and Southeast Asia (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 40 Aromatic long-grain (
សែនក្រអូប ,
sên krâ-op ) rice, one of the best
paddy rice varieties of Cambodia (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 41 Norodom Sihanouk and his wife in Indonesia, 1964 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 42 A polluted estuary near Ream commune in Sihanoukville province, Cambodia 2014 (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 43 Cambodian farmers planting rice (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 44 Topography of Cambodia
(from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 45 Longvek , the former capital of Cambodia (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 46 Traditional male clothing (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 47 Collection of Khmer silk cloths (sompot phamuong) (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 49 Geographic map of Cambodia (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 50 Khmer couple in traditional clothing (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 52 Southern Annamites montane rain forests: ecoregion territory (in purple) (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 53 Cambodian
Pidan (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 54 Cambodian musical instruments (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 55 Map of Funan at around the 3rd century (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 56 A Buddhist celebration at a Buddhist temple. (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 57 Worldwide zones of tropical monsoon climate (Am). (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 58 Khmer musical instruments and theatre masks (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 59 Hun Sen was the longest-serving head of government in Cambodia's history. (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 61 Agricultural fields in the Kampong Cham province, aerial (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 63 Pchum Ben , also known as "Ancestors' Day". (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 67 The tale of Vorvong & Sorvong illustration, a Khmer 19th century drawing. (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 68 Norodom Sihanouk and his wife with
Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife Elena Ceauşescu, 1974 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 69 Jacqueline Kennedy, Sisowath Kossamak, and Norodom Sihanouk in 1967. (from
Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970) )
Image 70 Water buffalos in the paddy fields (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 71 Bakong , one of the earliest temple mountain in Khmer architecture (from
History of Cambodia )
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